Zhumbaktas is a "stone-mystery" or so called "Sphinx", as well known as the "Girl-old woman". And if you have a look at the rock-island Zhumbaktas from different points, you will see the different pictures of it. From one point it looks like the profile of the old woman, on the other point it looks like a beautiful girl with her hair uncurling, and on the third point looks like USSR cartoon hero "Gena Crocodile" wearing a cap! Please read the description of the nearby mountaint "Ok-Zhetpes" in order to find the legend about the origin of the rocks.
Unfortunately, the whole rock has a paint markings. I wonder, how could the people spoil this beauty? The entire park is carefully and regularly cleaned, as well as the rock, but it is too hard to remove paint from the surface of the rock.
Legend:
A mysterious rock in the middle of Lake Boroboe in Northern part of Kazakhstan. Legend has it that the army of Ablai Khan took an Oirat princess captive and forced her to marry a Kazakh warrior. She fell deeply in love with one warrior but the others were jealous. So she said that she would marry the man who could shoot to the top of a rock outcrop near the lake. All failed the first time, but her love hit it on the second try. The rivals killed him so she flung herself in the lake and became Zhumbaktas (Mysterious Stone).
